The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:10:49 at Mechelen 2026 put Derkjan Marsman & Reinier De Groot 328th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 62% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:12. The race faded late: the second half went 1:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen ran fast: the 987 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:51Running 1 3:38v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:00Running 2 4:11v median −0:31
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Block 03 7:55Running 3 4:29v median −0:33
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:26v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:37v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:37v median −0:30
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 4:45v median −0:20
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 5:12v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 866
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 866 men's teams who finished.